CYEN 2009 Exchange Report-

Appendix 1- Attendees
Antigua- CYEN
Biersay, Nicolette - jinelle_b@hotmail.com

Barbados-CYEN
Aymes, Natalee Ms. - nataleeaymes@yahoo.com

Branford, Kerryann Ms. - keran41@gmail.com

Branker, Mariama Ms. – omokarobranker@hotmail.com

Boyce-Drakes, Renée Mrs. – rbdrakes@gmail.com

Holder, Melanie-Anne E. Ms. - deliz20022002@yahoo.com

British Virgin Islands- CYEN

Lewis, Lenette, Ms. – lenettelewis@gmail.com

Dominica_CYEN
Bethel, Bertilla Ms. - bertiliab@yahoo.com

Seraphin, Melinda Ms. - tor70@hotmail.com

Dominican Republic- PADF

Avendano, Camilo Mr. -

Geraldo, Anna Lucia Frias Ms. - diomis@hotmail.com

Guillermo, Cesareo Mr. - cguillermo@padf.org

Molano, Sebastian Mr. - smolano@padf.org

Torres, Alejandra Ms.-

Dominican Republic- 350.Domincana

Angelina Vanessa Ms. - vanessa@350Dominicana.org

Power, Joe Mr. - joe@350Dominicana.org

Rymer, Carlos Mr. - carlos@350Dominicana.org

Santiago, Enmanuel Mr. - enmanuel@350Dominicana.org

Grenada- CYEN
Andrew, Simon Mr. - simon_andrew96@yahoo.com

Guyana- CYEN
McCurdy Elon Ms. - elon_mccurdy@yahoo.com

St. Kitts and Nevis- CYEN

Dore, Lyncia Ms. - lkdore@gmail.com

St. Lucia- CYEN

Magre, Nintus Mr. - nintii@hotmail.com

St. Vincent- CYEN

Richards, Laura Ms. - lrichards_14@hotmail.com

Surinam-CYEN
Sakimin, Neil Mr. - n_sakimin@yahoo.com

Trinidad and Tobago- CYEN

Brown, Roxanne J. Ms. - roxanne.jinelleb@gmail.com

Renwick, Kendron Mr. – kendron.renwick@hotmail.com

USA- InteRDom
Alexander, Ryan Mr.

Addo, Valerie Ms. -

DuRousseau, Jessica Ms. -

Appendix 2-
English -Speaking Caribbean Youth Position and Involvement
on Climate Change

BACKGROUND
The Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) is a regional organisation whose
membership comprises youth groups and individual youth. It aims to promote
youth to take positive action on issues related to environment and sustainable
development. CYEN is a non-profit and non-governmental charitable body that has
members and affiliates in fifteen Caribbean territories. Since its creation in 1992,
the Network has frequently coordinated or participated in a number of activities,
meetings and projects at the national, regional and international levels.
Significantly, the Network has frequently sourced and financed short-term training
scholarships for youth to attend leadership and other training courses. Beyond this
the Network has been actively involved in advocacy as well as environmental
education and public awareness programmes.

PAST EVENTS
In the past two years Climate Change has been the focus of CYEN projects and
advocacy. In March 2007, a six (6) day Caribbean Youth Climate Change Mitigation
Workshop was held in St. Vincent, and the Grenadines in collaboration with the
Commonwealth Youth Programme, GEF Small Grants Programme and UNDP. The
youth attending participated in environmental training as part of a pilot project to
increase the awareness and capacity of young people in relation to climate change
mitigation. The other objective of the workshop was to encourage, and possibly
facilitate, participants in starting their own businesses in this field.

The Climate Change Mitigation Project was followed by a National Youth

Consultation on Climate Change in the three countries identified for the pilot
projects. These consultations were held in Barbados, Grenada and St. Lucia and
were aimed at gauging youth perceptions on climate change, its impacts and how
young people can influence change. A successful climate change poster competition
was also rolled out region wide at the end of 2007 which saw several young people
around the region receiving awards for their unique art work, created under the
theme “Climate Change: A HOT Topic.”

The biennial exchange held in Guyana in August 2007 under the theme of "Save
our Climate! Save our Earth! Youth can make a difference!!" focused on changes in
the environment brought about by climate change and how it impacts on our
everyday lives.

From July to October of 2008 CYEN started on-line courses- in the areas of:
Introduction to Ecology, Environment and Development Over 40 youth from around
the region participated in this pilot project, which served to expand the knowledge
of CYEN members in various areas including: Energy and cycles; Biodiversity; Land
degradation; Water resources; Climate Change; Pollution; Alternative energy; Waste
management and Disaster management. The course was carried out by CYEN
members with experience and knowledge in the particular areas, thereby creating
transference of information within the Network.

CYEN’s Congress was held in Grenada during October of 2008, in collaboration with
the Global Water Partnership, GEO and UNEP. The congress is a biennial meeting of
CYEN’s chapters around the region and is used to determine the programs of action
for the organisation for the following two years. In October 2008, under the theme
“Climate change, water availability and the emerging nexus of environmental
issues: impediments to achieving the MDGs in the Caribbean’’, the network decided
to focus on the pervasive issue of climate change.

In April 2009 a delegation of CYEN youth attended the OAS summit in Trinidad and
Tobago to lobby heads of government to take action on climate change.

PLANNED EVENTS
Dominican Republic Exchange
The upcoming 2009 exchange scheduled for August 8-15 in the Dominican Republic
also focuses on climate change and incorporates various methods of advocacy and
media training with respect to building capacity for public speaking and promoting
youth ideas and opinions on all environmental matters affecting the Caribbean. The
broad objectives of the exchange are to:

 To expose Caribbean youth leaders in the environment field to the

environmental and sustainable development status and challenges that are facing the
host country.
 To train youth leaders in the issues of global climate change with regards to how
the phenomenon is likely to affect their future and sustainable livelihoods.

TUNZA
The Tunza Youth Strategy, adopted in 2003 by UNEP’s Governing Council, is a long-
term strategy to engage young people in environmental activities and in the work of
UNEP. The word ‘Tunza’ means ‘to treat with care or affection’ in Kiswahili. The
Tunza initiative aims to develop activities in the areas of environmental awareness
and information exchange on the environment for children and youth.
Lauded as the “Biggest-Ever Youth Gathering on Climate Change to Call for Real
Action in Copenhagen”, The Tunza International Children and Youth Conference, in
Daejeon (Republic of Korea) on 17-23 August, will be the biggest youth gathering on
climate change before the UN climate conference in December.

This will be a key opportunity for the more than 800 participants from over 100
countries to demand that their governments reach a scientifically-credible and far-
reaching new climate agreement in Copenhagen.

By staking their claim to a low-carbon, resource-efficient, environmentally-

sustainable future, the generation that will inherit the planet will also remind the
world that they have the greatest stake in the creation of the green economy of
tomorrow.

The Daejeon conference will also see the launch of a social network platform for
youth on climate change – my.uniteforclimate.org – and a Google/YouTube Global
Youth Debate on climate change that will continue online until the Copenhagen
meeting in December.

The conference will also feature the global Awards Ceremony for the winners of the
UNEP 2009 International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment.

The Caribbean attendees come from Guyana St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti.

Participation in the UNEP “Seal the Deal” Campaign

About Seal the Deal!

The UN-led Seal the Deal Campaign aims to galvanize political will and public
support for reaching a comprehensive global climate agreement in Copenhagen in
December.

Climate change affects us all. Nine out of every ten disasters recorded are now
climate related. That is a scary fact. Rising temperatures and more frequent floods,
droughts and storms are impacting millions of people’s lives. And set against the
backdrop of global warming is a global financial crisis. Clearly, planet Earth needs
our attention.

On December 7, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, to respond to

one of the greatest challenges facing humanity: climate change and sustainable
economic growth. But how to protect the planet and create a green economy that
will lead to long-term prosperity? The negotiations in Copenhagen will need to
answer this question. Our existence depends on it.
Reaching a deal by the time the meeting ends on December 18 will depend not only
on political negotiations but also on public pressure from around the globe. Public
support must be galvanized. To do this, the United Nations has launched “Seal the
Deal”, a campaign that encourages users to sign an online, global petition which will
be presented to world leaders. The petition will serve as a reminder that world
leaders must negotiate a fair, balanced and effective agreement in Copenhagen,
and that they must seal a deal to power green growth, protect our planet and build
a more sustainable, prosperous global economy that will benefit all nations and all
people.

The campaign is being spearheaded by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to

galvanize political will and public support for reaching a comprehensive global
climate agreement. Over the coming months, the ‘Seal the Deal!’ campaign will
mobilize over one million young people to march across one hundred capitals and
deliver to global leaders their declaration of priorities on climate change as agreed
at the Tunza Conference

THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE: STAMP YOUR VOTE AND SEAL THE DEAL!

350ppm
The CYEN fully supports the goals of the 350.org campaign, which like UNEP’s Seal
the Deal campaign emphasizes the need for the creation of a strong global treaty
on the issue of climate change.

The treaty which to be created in Copenhagen should ultimately include a reduction

of global greenhouse gases to a safe upper limit of 350ppm. This is figure which
scientists propose as necessary to avoid potentially very large and irreversible
effects on human society and the natural environment.

Given the devastating effect that climate change will have on the Caribbean, CYEN
agrees that the goal of 350ppm is one which aims to help reduce the impacts on our
small island states.

The CARICOM POSITION

CYEN fully supports the current CARICOM position on Climate Change expressed
below.
1. B.3.1 The Road to Copenhagen: Strategic and Policy Issues
Regarding the Region’s Climate Change Agenda (Prime Minister of
Saint Lucia)

THE CONFERENCE:

Endorsed the Declaration on Climate Change and Development resulting from this
Thirtieth Conference of Heads of Government;

Agreed that regional policy makers at the highest possible level need to play a more
active and visible role in the negotiations process which is mainly political in the
build-up to and at COP 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2009;

Also agreed to support the coordinating work of the CARICOM Task Force on Climate
Change and Development, the implementing role of the Caribbean Community
Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the positions of the Alliance of Small Island
States (AOSIS) and the Caribbean interest within the Group of 77;

Further agreed to endorse the ongoing work of the CCCCC in developing the AOSIS-
SIDS sustainable energy development initiative (SIDS-DOC) to facilitate the
development of renewable energy and energy efficiency to assist in generating
financial resources for adaptation to climate change and development;

Urged the CARICOM Negotiators in the UFCCC process to unyielding advocacy for
the value and potential of standing forest including pristine rainforest, and the
affirmation of its contribution to Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and
Degradation (REDD) including avoided deforestation;

Agreed to take the necessary action to ensure that the targets in the new
agreement at COP-15 in Copenhagen 2009 are favorable to CARICOM Member
States;

Also agreed that the CARICOM Secretariat and the CCCCC would facilitate a
Ministerial Level Meeting that would involve the Region’s foreign affairs
practitioners and technicians to articulate the Region’s Climate Change negotiation
priorities before the next session of the UNFCCC negotiations;
Further agreed to participate at the highest level in the United Nations Secretary-
General Special Event on Climate Change and the AOSIS Meeting at the United
Nations Headquarters in New York in September 2009;

Approved the Regional Climate Change Strategic Framework and the proposals for
information, education and communication;

Express its support for the Caribbean Challenge project which will provide
assistance to protect the biodiversity and preserve livelihoods in The Bahamas,
Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines with the
support of the Nature Conservancy.

2. LILIENDAAL DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

The LILIENDAAL DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

agreed in Liliendaal Guyana by the Heads of State and Government of the
Caribbean Community’s 13th Meeting of the conference is as follows:

We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community, at our Thirtieth Meeting of the
Conference in Liliendaal, Guyana from 2–5 July 2009, affirm our commitment to the principles and
objectives of the Caribbean Community as embodied in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing
the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy -

1. Recalling the objective, principles and commitments of the 1992 United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol;

2. Gravely concerned that our efforts to promote sustainable development and to achieve the
internationally agreed development goals including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are
under severe threat from the devastating effects of climate change and sea level rise which has led to
increasingly frequent and intense extreme weather events, damage to bio diversity, coral bleaching,
coastal erosion, changing precipitation patterns.

3. Emphasising that dangerous climate change is already occurring in all SIDS (Small Islands and Low-
lying Coastal Developing States (SIDS) regions including the Caribbean and that many SIDS will cease
to exist without urgent, ambitious and decisive action by the international community to reduce global
greenhouse gas emissions significantly and to support SIDS in their efforts to adapt to the adverse
impacts of climate change, including through the provision of increased levels of financial and technical
resources.
4. Very concerned that the estimated total annual impact of potential climate change on all CARICOM
countries is estimated at US$9.9 billion in the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2007 US$ prices or
about 11.3% of the total annual GDP of all 20 CARICOM countries (Member States and Associate
Member States) according to the World Bank estimates;

We Affirm:

1. Our belief that the global response to climate change should be undertaken on the basis of common but
differentiated as well as historical responsibility and that it should not compromise the ability of SIDS to
pursue Sustainable Development and the sharing of the cost of addressing climate change should be
equitable and should not perpetuate poverty.

2. Our continued commitment to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
and call on all Parties to ensure that UNFCCC decisions are guided by that work;

3. Our Endorsement for the Caribbean Challenge in its efforts to protect the Region’s Marine Resources
and in its work towards fulfilling the UNFCCC ecosystem-based management and adaptation
recommendations and implementing the Millennium Development Goals related to reducing biodiversity
loss;

4. Support for the co-ordinating role of the CARICOM Task Force for Climate Change and
Development established by the Conference of Heads of State and Government and the implementing
role of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the roles of the CARICOM
Secretariat, the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) chaired by the Government of
Grenada and the CARICOM Representatives in the international climate change negotiations; and

5. The importance of a common Regional approach to address the threats and challenges of climate
change and of the full and effective participation of the Region in the upcoming United Nations Climate
Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark (COP15), the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Change
Summit in September 2009 and their preparatory processes.

WE Declare:

1. That all Parties to the UNFCCC should work with an increased sense of urgency and purpose
towards arriving at an ambitious and comprehensive agreement at the COP 15 in Copenhagen in 2009
which provides for: long-term stabilisation of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at levels which
will ensure that global average surface temperature increases will be limited to well below 1.5° C of pre-
industrial levels; that global greenhouse gas emissions should peak by 2015; global Co2 reductions of at
least 45 percent by 2020 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 95 per cent of 1990 CO2
levels by 2050;

2. Adaptation and capacity building must be prioritised and a formal and well financed framework
established within and outside of the Convention, including the multi-window insurance facility, to
address the immediate and urgent, as well as long term, adaptation needs of vulnerable countries,
particularly the SIDS and the LDCs;

3. The need for financial support to SIDS to enhance their capacities to respond to the challenges brought
on by climate change and to access the technologies that will be required to undertake needed mitigation
actions and to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change;
4. Our full support for the location of the Headquarters of the UNFCCC Adaptation Fund Board in
Barbados;

5. Support for climate change negotiations to be fully cognisant of the requirement for improved land use
management;

6. Our recognition of the value and potential of standing forest, including pristine rainforest, and our
affirmation of its potential contribution to Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
(REDD). Forest conservation or avoided deforestation and sustainable management of forests are
important mitigation tools against climate change in a post 2012 Agreement. We also support the
approach to harmonizing climate change mitigation and economic development as proposed by Guyana in
its Low Carbon Development Strategy;

7. Strong determination to overcome technical, economic and policy barriers to facilitate the
development, diffusion and deployment of appropriate and affordable low- and zero-emission
technologies and renewable energy services; We also recognise the need for energy efficiency and
conservation and the need for increased technical and financial support for the development of renewable
energy in the Caribbean;

8. Our commitment to providing more effective preparedness for response to natural disasters through
the development of better risk assessment and material coordination along with the streamlining of risk
reduction initiatives. In pursing this task, we call on the Parties negotiating the new Climate Change
Agreement to endorse the Alliance for Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) proposal on risk
management and risk reduction strategies, including risk sharing and transfer mechanisms such as
insurance;

9. Strong support for the streamlining of all climate change funding mechanisms including the Global
Environment Facility to include the vulnerability index in their formulae in order to better facilitate SIDS’
access to financial resources; and to explore mechanisms to support the Caribbean Community adaptation
programmes;

10. Our commitment to ensuring that the Caribbean Community and its supporting institutions will play
their full part in implementing our shared vision, goals and actions, working in strategic partnerships with
others;

11. Our resolve to strengthen our educational institutions to provide training , education, research and
development programmes in climate change and disaster risk management particularly in renewable and
other forms of alternative energy, forestry, agriculture, tourism, health, coastal zone management and
water resources management to increase the Region’s capacity to build resilience and adapt to climate
change; and

12. Our further resolve to institute a comprehensive programme of public awareness and education and
hereby invite all, partners, organisations and stakeholders to play a full part in promoting a better
understanding of climate change and its impacts and in addressing adaptation and mitigation.

4 July 2009
Caribbean Youth Opinion
.Why should Caribbean young people be involved in the care of the Caribbean
environment?

TIME. This is the simplest answer as to why Caribbean youth need to be actively
involved in protecting the environment. We are simply running out of time. It is time
to wake up to the reality. We cannot continue to buy into the concept of owning
‘stuff’…the latest CDs, PCs etc. The attitude that ‘we need it we must have it’, with
little thought to the impact its production or even its consumption will have on our
environment must be revised.

Young people of today are the future leaders and decision makers of tomorrow. It is
critically important that we become involved in fighting the environmental
challenges of the Caribbean. If for nothing else, at least for our own self
preservation.

As we open our doors for the sake of development, we open ourselves up not only
to pennies and profits but also to pollution. Over 20 million tourists visit our shores
annually. They trample through our forests, deplete our scarce water resources,
destroy our wildlife and pollute our seas. As youth, we cannot sit idly back and
watch a clearly faulted system destroy our collective futures, we must encourage
our governments to invest in green technologies; we must turn to green economies,
which provide jobs for persons of all races, genders, and status quo whilst ensuring
a healthy environment for tomorrow.

Currently, the Caribbean faces some serious environmental challenges; the most
important of our time is the issue of climate change. The devastating impacts of
climate change can be seen throughout the Caribbean in our disappearing beaches,
flora and fauna. As all living things depend on the Earth for survival, if we destroy
the Earth; we destroy ourselves, our future, hopes and dreams.

If Caribbean youth care about their future, about their future lifestyles and
livelihoods, they need to care about the environment. Because ultimately without
the environment, there will be no “stuff” to buy, no beaches, no economies and
ultimately no happiness. Gone will be the carefree days where ‘what I want’
outweighed ‘what I need’.

TIME is running out! Too long we as youth have sat back and allowed our elders to
handle our future for us. It’s TIME to step up to the plate and fight for what really
matters. We have to make a difference NOW, so we can shape our own future. I
have often heard that Caribbean youth only care about glitz and glamour, music
and fashion. I think it is important for young people to know that you don’t have to
give up these things but learn to love them in a way which embraces our
environment and reduces impacts on our natural resources to reap benefits for
ourselves.
Do you remember when you were young and your mother would say, eat all of your
food, because there are children in Africa who are starving and would be glad for
something to eat? Well this could well be our reality in 50 years time. With our
resources gone, our economies spent, out environment ravaged, we would be at the
mercy of “kind” countries, begging for handouts and donations, just to stay alive.
We are running out of TIME.
 Appendix 3- Training Evaluation Form

CYEN/350.orgCaribbean Youth Leaders Climate Change Advocacy Training

Workshop

Training Evaluation Form

We are interested in your assessment of the training provided and would like to ask you
to complete the form. For each statement, please check if you agree or disagree using a
rating scale from “1” to “5”. A rating of “1” indicates that you strongly disagree with the
statement and a rating of “5” indicates that you strongly agree and “3” is the level
where you neither agree nor disagree.
 Categories Check your response

Strongly Disagree – Strongly

Agree

CONTENT DELIVERY 1 2 3 4 5

The goals of the training were clearly defined

The topics covered were relevant to the workshop

Each session stated the objectives clearly

There was sufficient opportunity for interactive participation

The training was too technical and difficult to understand

The materials for the training were helpful

The schedule for the training provided sufficient time to

cover all of the proposed activities

The information provided fulfilled the goals of the workshop

Sufficient tools and equipment were provided for the

workshop

PRESENTER

The facilitators were knowledgeable about the topic

The facilitators were well prepared for the session

The facilitators encouraged active participation

The facilitators answered questions in a complete and clear

manner

The facilitators used a variety of training methods

The facilitators were respectful of the different skills and

values presented by the participants

FACILITY

The meeting room and related facilities provided a

comfortable setting for the training

The tools and equipments during the sessions worked well

GENERAL SATISFACTION

The goals of the training have been met

I am satisfied with my increased understanding of the topics

I was generally very satisfied with all aspects of this training

event

I plan to share the information I received during the training

with other members

I was satisfied with the variety of training methods used

I have fulfilled my personal objectives for the training

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3. What did you like most about the training?

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4. What did you like least about the training?

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5. Do you have any suggestions for future training workshops?

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6. Additional Comments:

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Appendix 4